On the engine, honestly I just wanted a V8 (but no stinking push rods) the idea of the V6's just did not interest me.

The Ford straight 6 is a good engine IMHO but there's next to no tuning parts available, it was physically too long for the application and its
a cast iron block which all went against it.

Good 1UZ-FE's can be had for ~A$1500 with all the fruit and make 215Kw stock according to the book.
Mine was A$1400 delivered with all the electronics, cats, intake etc.
Power wise they appear to be robust when blown and can make big hp normally aspirated too this one for example is making over 400bhp at over 9000rpm.
This is where I'd like to get mine too in the end, but I'm sworn off touching the engine before the car is on the road.

Hey, a fellow 1uz-fe er! I'm using one in my car too for pretty much the same reason as you - it's cheap and reliable. Aiming for 500bhp
by twin turbo and IC (apparently it's a reasonable objective without cracking open the engine).

quote:Originally posted by Doug68
The clutch is the normal unit for the twin turbo V6 Audi, virtually all the Audi boxes have the same input shaft dims. The flywheel is custom as per
the picture below.

Its been fab'd and is in the shed looking beautiful, I'll post a picture of it at some point.

Is that a dished flywheel bolted to the Toyota flex plate? Interesting stuff!

quote:Originally posted by Doug68
On the engine, honestly I just wanted a V8 (but no stinking push rods) the idea of the V6's just did not interest me.

The Ford straight 6 is a good engine IMHO but there's next to no tuning parts available, it was physically too long for the application and its
a cast iron block which all went against it.

Good 1UZ-FE's can be had for ~A$1500 with all the fruit and make 215Kw stock according to the book.
Mine was A$1400 delivered with all the electronics, cats, intake etc.
Power wise they appear to be robust when blown and can make big hp normally aspirated too this one for example is making over 400bhp at over 9000rpm.
This is where I'd like to get mine too in the end, but I'm sworn off touching the engine before the car is on the road.

What are you doing about the starter- it doesn't look like it will go in the usual boxster position? Reason I ask is coz I've got the same
problem (Audi 012 box which looks identical).

I got my gearchange fitted and working last weekend and it's spot on. If you want the models for the bell crank mechanism I used just let me
know, it might be cheaper to make than the standard boxster one is to buy.

On the 1UZ-FE motor the starter motor is located on the block in the V under the intake manifold.

If you look at the picture of the other guys adaptor plate you can see the starter motor end poking through.

This is another good reason to go for these motors I've been glad I've not had to do any buggering about with the starter location as from
what I've seen this often turns into a major PITA.

The Boxster 5 speed BTW is an Audi 012, the Porsche designation for it is G86, so if you break it they can be replaced by the later Boxster and Caymen
6 speed (G96) units which are supposed to be stronger.

I've yet to price the Boxster linkage price, when I've done that I may well take you up on the model offer.